International Tax - Senior Manager/ Director

INTERNATIONAL TAX - SENIOR MANAGER/ DIRECTOR POSITION SUMMARY Grant Thornton's cohesive international tax planning programs coordinate home and host country taxation in a cross-border context. Our international tax professionals structure transactions to optimize our clients' tax savings both at home and abroad.  The Senior International Tax Manager is responsible for the delivery of a full range of international tax services for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries. Responsibilities include interacting closely with clients to provide innovative international tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise; developing and managing staff; working closely with partners and staff on client management, practice development and business development activities; and formulating and delivering innovative international tax planning and savings strategies. The Senior International Tax Manager is responsible for an assigned group of clients. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES-Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality. -Oversee the efforts of multiple client services teams on client engagements; plan, execute, direct, and complete international tax projects in a wide variety of industries; provide innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients; market, sell, design, and implement tax-planning strategies for clients and manage to budget. -Oversee the delivery of a full range of international tax services and advise U.S. and foreign multinational companies on the tax implications of their international operations as well as coordinating U.S. tax laws with foreign tax laws to develop an optimal worldwide tax strategy. -Consult with clients on tax-efficient structuring of international transactions, effective use of tax treaties, planning related to offshore investments activities and repatriation programs to minimize US and foreign income taxes of our US-based multinational clients, minimizing worldwide tax burdens on business transactions and operations, and making effective foreign investments. -Understand and manage firm risk on tax services and proposals. -Develop a project vision and set challenging personal and client service team goals. -Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on tax projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews. -Conduct primary and secondary review of complicated or complex international tax returns. -Research and consult on complex tax matters. -Facilitate client understanding of international tax development implications. -Consult, work with, and service client to make recommendations on business and process improvement and serve as a business advisor to client. -Work closely with partners, managers, and staff to integrate practice development skills into a team approach to client service and new business development. -Maintain strong client relations and cross-sell services within the assigned group of clients. -Recruit and retain managers, senior associates, and associates. -Coach staff and motivate others to accept new ideas, practices, or action and achieve goals and objectives for performance and professional development. -Attend professional development and training seminars on a regular basis. -Perform other job-related duties as necessary.QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS -Bachelor's degree in Accounting. CPA, Master's in Taxation, LLM in Taxation, or JD. -A minimum of eight years of progressive tax consulting experience, preferably with at least five years focused on international taxation. Experience with a Big 4 firm, law firm, or large corporate tax department of a multinational company. -Superior analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in US GAAP and tax consulting and compliance. Experience with inbound and outbound transaction consulting, multi-national corporation experience, transfer pricing, foreign tax credit utilization, and tax minimization. -Ability to manage and develop staff in a highly interactive team environment. -Demonstrated experience in practice development, business development, and managing other managers. -Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment. -Outstanding leadership, business development, recruiting, training, coaching, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent written, interpersonal, and presentation skills. -Computer expertise including knowledge of tax software and technology. -Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.Additional Information: Travel Percentage: 40% Company:Grant Thornton LLPLocation:McLean, VA 22102Status:Full Time, EmployeeJob Category:Full Time, EmployeeEducation:Bachelor's Degree Company:Grant Thornton LLPReference Code:3989